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RAILROAD T IE. APPUCATION FILED NOV, 25, 1919- 1344326. Patented June 29,1920.

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RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED NOV, 25, 1919. I 1,344,926. Patented June 29, 1920. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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GEORGE F. A. OCHS, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented J une29, 19.20.

Application filed November 25.. 1919. Serial No. 340.623.

.timber ties now commonly employed as a means of economizing in expense while conserving the supply of timber, and at the same time of securing an eifect in the support of the rails which is similar in the mat ter of resiliency or the cushioning efiect obtainable by the use of wooden ties, with 111 creased durability and general weather resisting qualities, and to this end the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawin s, wherein: I

Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the tie showing a portion of a rail seated in operative position thereon.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail view in perspective of one of the pockets or seat members for th inserts, or anchor blocks. r

Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the inserts or anchor blocks.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through one of the anchor blocks to illustrate the engagement of the rail securing spike therewith.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the spikes.-

In the construction illustrated the tie body consists essentially of the'top and bottom plates 10 and 11 preferably of metal spaced apart and connected by rivets 12, the interval between said plates being occupied by a yielding or cushioning filling 13 consisting of laminated paper or similar fibrous material preferably treated with creosote or other preservative and in practice it is preferred to use tar paper in this connection arranged in layers co-extensive with the plates and held in a more or less compressed condition by means of the rivets which extend therethrough.

Supported by the upper or top plate, as

by being riveted as at 14 to the under surface thereof are the pocket or seat members 15 flanged as at 16 for contact with the under surface of'the top plate and each embodying a pluralit of looped or saddle-like seats 17 adapted or the reception of movable preferably metallic inserts or anchor blocks 18. At the upperinner sides of the pockets or seats are formed shoulders 19 defining the lower sides of recesses 20 which when the railroad or track rail 21 is in place are bounded by the under surface of said rail, and the inserts or anchor blocks are provided with extensions 22 which fit in said recesses and thus lie between the under surface of the track rail and the shoulders 19 to the end that the bearing of the rail upon said blocks serves to retain the latter.

at their inner ends in proper seated relation to the pockets. At their outer ends the inserts or anchor blocks are provided with offsets 23 which are overlappedand engaged by the edges of the top plate which project inwardly over the seats or pockets to form lips 24. In positioning the inserts or anchor blocks therefor they may be inserted into the seats or pockets in an inclined position so as to dispose the offsets 23 beneath the lips 24, after which the inner ends of said insertsor blocks may be depressed to position their upper surfaces in the plane of the upper surface of the top plate whereupon the arrangement of the foot of the rail in bearing relation with the inserts or blocks and the fastening of the same to the blocks will serve to lock the latter firmly in place in the body of the tie.

The means which are preferred to lock the rails in place to the inserts or blocks consist of pliable spikes 25 headed in the usual way as at 26 to engage the edges of the rail base and driven into curved or return sockets 27 in the inserts or blocks to the end that as each spike progresses it is bent or turned upon itself to assume a hook-like form indicated in detail in Figs. 3 and 6. The entrance end 28 of the socket is preferably rectan gular to correspond with the angular portion 29 of the spike while the outlet terminal. of the socket as shown at 30 is preferably round and is accessible from the surface of the insert or block to permit'when desired,'

socket. It is also preferable in practice that the spikes be tinned or galvanized or similarly treated to add to their durability by minimizing the tendency to rust.

It is obvious that the body portions of the ties constructed as indicated may be laid in the roadbed in the ordinary way and with a facility equal to that of the wooden or timber ties now in common use, and that the subsequent positioning of the inserts or an chor blocks and the locking of the latter in place by the spiking of the rail bases thereto may be accomplished with the minimum expenditure of time and effort and with a certainty and accuracy which insures the proper gage of the rails after the tie bodies have been properly positioned.

It should'be noted moreover that aside from the marginal plates and the means attached to the upper plate for seating and fastening the rail bases the tie is composed entirely of a relatively inexpensive and ordinarily waste material and that even under heavy compress-ion necessary to give the required solidity to the tie the filler will possess a resilient or cushioning property which compares favorably with that of a wooden tie and in some particulars has advantages over the material ordinarily used in that it is less subject to permanent distortion or un even compression due to the heavy weight imposed thereon by the passing trains, particularly as the means interposed between the track rails and the filler serve to distribute the weight so that the entire volume of the tie is subjected to pressure rather than only those portions which are immediately adjacent to the rail bases.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. A railroad tie having a marginal top 7 plate, and inserts or anchor blocks fitted in openings in the top plate and provided with curved spike receiving sockets.

2. A railroad tie provided with a top plate having depending seats or pockets, metallic inserts or anchor blocks removably fitted in said seats or pockets and having their inner ends disposed'within the area occupied by a rail seated upon the tie, the outer ends of said inserts or anchor blocks having an interlocking engagement with the seats or pockets.

3. A railroad tie provided with a top plate, seats or pockets depending from the 4:. A railroad tie provided with a top plate, seats or pockets depending from the top plate in communication with openings in the latter, the adjacent edges of the top plate overhanging the outer ends of said seats or pockets and the inner ends of said seats or pockets having shoulders defining the lower sides of recesses disposed within the area of a rail base seated upon the tie, inserts or anchor blocks fitted in said seats or pockets and provided with offsets for engagement with the overhanging edges of the top plate and with extensions occupying said recesses for receiving the pressure of a superposed rail base, said inserts or blocks being provided with curved spike sockets provided with exposed entrance and exit terminals of l which the latter are fitted with removable blocks, and pliable spikes engaging said sockets and bendable thereby to cause an interlocking engagement between the spikes and the blocks. s

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature,

GEORGE F. A. OCHS. 

